Parish Share

Parish Share is the sum of money paid by each parish every year to the Diocese to support local ministry. The Common Fund is the total of all 496 parish shares in Bath and Wells.  

Every parish contributes to the Common Fund and every parish receives from the Fund in the following ways:

  • parish priest's monthly stipend
  • clergy pension contributions
  • housing costs
  • clergy training
  • the wide range of diocesan support services e.g. the Education Department, which supports local church and community schools.

Every parish contributes to the Common Fund and every parish receives from the Fund.  How much each parish contributes is based on church membership and the socio-economic category of the parish, determined by the parish itself.  The required information is gathered each year in the Parish Share and Common Fund Survey.

View your parish socio-economic category benchmark within your deanery.

Page: 2 - Bath, 3 Chew Magna, 4 - Locking, 5 - Midsomer Norton, 6 - Portishead, 7 - Axbridge, 8 - Bruton & Cary, 9 - Frome, 10 - Glastonbury, 11 - Ivelchester, 12 - Shepton Mallet, 13 - Yeovil, 14/15 - Crewkerne & Ilminster, 16 - Exmoor, 17 - Quantock, 18 - Sedgemoor, 19 - Taunton, 20 - Tone.

Please note that such benchmark data is only meant to be a useful guide for your PCC when determining its socio-economic category.

View a letter from Nick Denison, Diocesan Secretary.  This outlines the background to this exercise and provides some guidance on interpreting the benchmark data.

 Parish Share 2012 calculations 

Budget

The budget for the next financial year is approved by Diocesan Synod in its October meeting. The full budget document is available in hard copy on request from the Diocesan Office. Alternatively, follow the links below for the budget summary.

Downloads

 

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